Zaubler T S, Sullivan M D
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1996 Sep;19(3):413-27. doi: 10.1016/s0193-953x(05)70298-7.
The psychiatric literature on physician-assisted suicide is scant and almost universally opposed to legalization. This opposition stems from the traditional perspective of suicide as a symptom of mental illness and the tendency of psychiatrists to extend their view of suicide in the medically well to the terminally ill. This article examines the basis for and validity of this opposition and makes recommendations about the role of the psychiatrist in physician-assisted suicide.
关于医生协助自杀的精神病学文献很少，而且几乎普遍反对将其合法化。这种反对源于将自杀视为精神疾病症状的传统观点，以及精神科医生将他们对身体健康者自杀的看法扩展到绝症患者身上的倾向。本文探讨了这种反对的依据和合理性，并就精神科医生在医生协助自杀中的作用提出了建议。
